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SPORNO: Felix Sanchez Wins 400M Hurdles Gold at London 2012

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Viva Republica Dominicana! Dominican American track phenom Félix Sánchez has made history after wining his second gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles.

Sánchez posted 47.63s on Monday evening for the Dominican Republic's first medal of the London 2012 Games. This is only the DR's third gold medal in Olympics history. Team USA's Michael Tinsley took silver and Puerto Rico's Javier Culson won the bronze.

Sánchez first won the gold in this event at Athens 2004.  This year he made history as the oldest man to ever win the 400m hurdles and with a bittersweet personal story, notes LatinosPost.com.

His grandmother passed away while he was set to participate at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. Sanchez contemplated on leaving the Beijing Games but decided to continue. Running through emotions, Sanchez would finish 22nd out of 25. "I ran terribly. I cried the whole day. I was very emotional," said Sanchez. "After that Olympics, I made a promise that I was going to win a medal for her."

Sánchez has also become an internet phenom due to the "bulging" packaging in his track singlets. A few sporno-tastic images AFTER THE JUMP ...

VIDEO, PHOTOS: Puerto Rico's Javier Culson Wins 400m Hurdle Silver at Daegu

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Viva Puerto Rico! Javier Culson won the silver medal at the hugely competitive men’s 400m hurdles final on Day 6 at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu South Korea.

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Culson dominated much of the early race but later fell behind as Britain's David Greene surged ahead in the final 20m. Greene placed first at 48.26, Culson clocked 48.44 and South Africa's L.J. van Zyl won bronze at 48.80. Dominican  phenom Felix Sanchez and South Africa's Cornel Fredericks rounded out the top five.

The 27-year-old Culson was born in Ponce. Culson took silver at the Berlin 2009 Worlds and gold at the 2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Mayaguez. He was also one of only six track athletes who made the Puerto Rican Olympic team at Beijing 2008.

Defending World champion Kerron Clement—the 2008 Olympics silver medalist who regularly tweets his Olympic abs—was forced to withdraw from the semi-finals with an injury.

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